"To protect the remaining high-integrity tropical rainforests, global coordination to minimize human disturbance is key, especially in unprotected forests that remain vital for biodiversity.

The tropical index is calculated from terrestrial and freshwater populations from the Afrotropical, Indo-Pacific and Neotropical realms and from marine populations between the Tropics of Cancer and ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

After consultation with his colleague Robert Morley, he realises with amazement that, unlike the dinosaurs, the relatives of ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Ecosystems can be found on a variety of scales such as a small-scale freshwater pond system or on a global scale such as the tropical rainforest biome. Tropical rainforests - Edexcel Tropical ...

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - savannahs and ...

New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights into our ancestors' ability to adapt to challenging environments ...

The Amazon and its neighbours – the Orinoco and the Andean rainforest – account for 73.5 per cent of tropical forests ... where trees die faster and biodiversity is harder to maintain near ...